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NBC News:
Trump stands by national security adviser despite leaked military plans, saying mishap had ‘no impact’ on Yemen strikes  —  “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he's a good man,” President Donald Trump said of his national security adviser in a Tuesday phone interview with NBC News.
NPR:
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers  —  Several days after top national security officials accidentally included a reporter in a Signal chat about bombing the Houthi sites in Yemen, a Pentagon-wide advisory warned against using the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
Politico:
'It's so unbelievable': Cyber world stunned over war planners using Signal  —  Regardless of app security, experts say communicating the military plans of the U.S. government in a non-classified space creates a massive security vulnerability.  —  Lawmakers and experts are sounding the alarm …
FPWellman / On Democracy with FPWellman …:
It's a thousand times worse than you think  —  Whiskeyleaks seems appropriate  —  The explosive news broke yesterday that National Security Advisor Michael Waltz had opened a Signal group chat to discuss the planning for strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen and included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
Discussion: The Guardian
emptywheel:
Seven Reasons Trump's Entire National Security Team Should Resign in Disgrace  —  The White House, with the help of Politico, is trying to make National Security Adviser Mike Waltz the fall guy for adding Atlantic editor Jeff Goldberg to the Signal thread on which they planned war strikes against Yemen.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic  —  Trump administration true believers are closing ranks to try to protect top national security officials from being pushed out over Monday's Signal scandal, insiders tell Axios.  — Why it matters: Democrats and critics …
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Pete Hegseth And Mike Waltz Ripped As ‘Careless,’ ‘Incompetent’ Amid Calls To Resign
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Atlantic editor suggests he's open to sharing Hegseth's full war plans texts publicly
NPR:
Intelligence leaders: We didn't share classified information in Signal chat group
Brian Stelter / CNN:
The biggest scandal of Trump 2.0 is no scandal at all on MAGA media
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
CNN:
‘Nobody is above the law’: Trump officials who criticized Clinton's emails now under scrutiny for leaked war plans
Politico:
Waltz's future in doubt following accidental war plan leak
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Hegseth lashes out at The Atlantic: “Nobody was texting war plans”
Washington Post:
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down  —  A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
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Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
Former Social Security Chief Courts Florida Seniors Enraged by Musk's Cuts
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn't Even the Worst Part Of It … I haven't had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about the war cabinet planning a military campaign on the Signal app.  So a few brief thoughts.  —  To state the obvious, in any normal administration Hegseth and Waltz …
Discussion: FIRST DRAFT
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks  —  The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and legal representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump's actions in court than during his first term.  —  Just now
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Deborah Pearlstein / New York Times:
They Are America's Most Powerful Law Firms. Their Silence Is Deafening.
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Politico:   Trump's crackdown on top law firms spreads to Congress
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges  —  Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges …
Politico:
Europe fumes at Trump team's insults in leaked Signal chat  —  British forces already took part in strikes against Houthis, so don't call us “freeloaders,” former defense secretary says.  —  LONDON — Sometimes it's better not to know what your so-called friends say behind your back.
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New York Times:   Now Europe Knows What Trump's Team Calls It Behind Its Back: ‘Pathetic’
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Who is the most popular U.S. political figure?  —  Maybe Democrats can learn something from them  —  There is a lot of debate right now over why and how the Democrats lost the 2024 election, and what to do about it before 2026.  The takes have been catalyzed by recent surveys showing …
Discussion: Townhall
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Will Democrats finally get a shot at taking out Susan Collins?
John Eligon / New York Times:
Trump to Name Right-Wing Media Critic Ambassador to South Africa  —  L. Brent Bozell III, who must be confirmed by the Senate, would be stepping into the role at a time when relations between South Africa and the United States are at a low point.  —  President Trump plans to nominate L. Brent Bozell III …
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Antony Sguazzin / Bloomberg:   US Nominates Leo Brent Bozell III as Ambassador to S. Africa
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Plans to Freeze Family-Planning Grants  —  Tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other groups would be cut off while the administration examines their DEI efforts  —  The Trump administration is moving to freeze tens of millions …
New York Times:
White House Says Russia and Ukraine Agree to Stop Fighting in Black Sea  —  The agreement announced after parallel sets of talks in Riyadh would be the first significant step toward the full cease-fire the Trump Administration had been pushing, but it still would fall short.
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants  —  New York CNN —  Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants.  But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Influencers May Have Been Paid to Break With RFK  —  Secret cash flies in the MAGA soda wars  —  IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN READING YOUR social media feed and suddenly noticed that conservative personalities have latched on to some obscure issue they've never cared about before …
Adam Wren / Politico:
A Rising Democratic Star Is Ready for New Leadership — Without Chuck Schumer  —  Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow says it's time for a new generation to take on Trump.  —  Mallory McMorrow doesn't claim to have all the answers for the Democratic Party.  But as the 38-year-old Michigan Democrat gears …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Noem says she plans to ‘eliminate FEMA’  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she planned to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during a televised Cabinet meeting Monday.  —  While giving a status report on border security, Noem added, “and we're going to eliminate FEMA.”
A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
Exclusive: Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows  —  A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and a researcher who uncovered the campaign.
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia's President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings  —  Katrina Armstrong warns of ‘devastating’ risk of funding cuts  —  Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong met with anxious faculty over the weekend in an effort to generate support, warn of the jeopardy …
 
 
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Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg Weighs Releasing Trump War Planning Texts (Podcast Preview)
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